In 1984, the book on Espresso by R. Brayton, G. Hachtel, C. McMullen and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli provided the first layer of the foundations of modern logic synthesis. The work done around that time by leading academic and industrial research laboratories triggered the first wave of modern logic design tools like Espresso, MIS, SIS and VIS, which then became the backbone of the industrial design chains offered by the newborn Electronic Design Automation Industry. After many research breakthroughs and industrial successes, it is time for an assessment of the perspectives of logic synthesis, both as a core technology in digital system design and an enabling technology in other domains (biological synthesis, machine learning for data analysis, etc.). To achieve this goal, this workshop brings together an inclusive list of speakers from both academia and industry, to report on the state-of-art and strategic directions of the field.

Program

7:30-8:30 Registration desk opens

8:30-8:40 Introduction by Luca Carloni and Tiziano Villa

8:40-9:00 Thirty-five years after the Espresso book: a retrospective on logic synthesis, Tiziano Villa